The Day Matthew Perry Passed Away

Five people have been charged in connection with “Friends” star Matthew Perry’s death from “the acute effects of ketamine” last October. U.S. officials are preparing for a highly contagious and severe strain of mpox. 92,000 fans returned to Taylor Swift’s European leg of the Eras Tour in London following a suspected terror plot.

Investigators laid out a constellation of events and actors leading up to Matthew Perry’s death, charging five individuals on Thursday with actions that ultimately lead to the end of the “Friends” star’s life. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said the five defendants “played a key role in (Perry’s) death by falsely prescribing, selling, or injecting the ketamine.”

American officials are preparing after mpox was declared a global public health emergency on Thursday. The mpox virus circulating in Congo and a dozen other African countries, and now Sweden, is a different strain than the one that has circulated in the U.S. since a global outbreak began in 2022. This strain is considered more transmissible and the symptoms are more severe.

Israel has achieved most of its battlefield aims against Hamas in Gaza, but is unlikely to eliminate the militant movement by continuing combat operations that have cost an estimated 40,000 lives, current and former U.S. officials say. While U.S. arms sales continue, some officials are questioning whether Israel’s military has hit a wall in Gaza, where health officials say the death toll has reached 40,000.

It’s only been a couple of weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris stepped up to become the Democratic party’s presumptive presidential nominee. For the first time, a woman of color will officially become the presidential nominee for a major political party next week. And Black women will play most of the key roles in leading the Democratic National Convention – the party’s premier showcase. Black women have been consistent in delivering the margins of wins for Democrats for years. Now they’re at the front of the DNC.

Ernesto strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane late Thursday as it barreled toward Bermuda, threatening major damage over the weekend from powerful winds and heavy rain after leaving hundreds of thousands without power in Puerto Rico. Moving at 14 mph, the storm is expected to begin dumping heavy rain over Bermuda on Friday before passing near or over the island on Saturday.

Police donning “Swiftie” friendship bracelets set a tone of calm and order at London’s Wembley Stadium Thursday night as Taylor Swift returned to the stage for the final stop on the European leg of the Eras Tour after a suspected terror plot was thwarted in Vienna. Security measures were tight as 92,000 fans danced and celebrated the pop star’s eras of music. And the screams were deafening as Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance.

Source: USA TODAY